reward to one’s deceased parents or loved ones, and bettering our own Hereafter.

If they read these books and then go on to perform ḥajj or ʿumrah to perfection, you too will receive countless blessings and good deeds اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه. In fact, this one good deed of yours could be a means of you visiting Makkah and Madinah yourself.

Pious Deed 71

Dear Islamic brothers! To increase our longing for performing ḥajj, reading the books we have just mentioned is greatly beneficial. Simultaneously, we must also read Islamic literature to increase our knowledge. From the 72 pious deeds prescribed to us by the Amir of Ahl al-Sunnah دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ in the form of the Pious Deeds booklet, number 71 is:

Have you completed the ‘reading list of a lifetime’? (Minhāj al-ꜤĀbidīn, Jāˈ al-Ḥaqq, explanation about apostasy from part 9 of Bahār-e-SharīꜤat, discussion about trading from part 16, discourse about the rights of parents (if you are married), discussion about muḥarramāt and rights of the spouse from part 7, explanation about        children’s upbringing, divorce, hurmat-i-muṣāharat, ẓihār and talāq-i-kināyah  from part 8? Have you read the books authored by Imām Aḥmad Razā Khān رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه entitled Tamhīd-al-Īmān and Ḥusām al-Ḥaramayn? What about books published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah, such as Kufriyah Kalimat ke bare mein Sawal Jawab?

Other books and booklets can be found mentioned within the 72 Pious Deeds booklet. We should all try our best to read them, as our Islamic knowledge will then increase manifold. Make an intention to fill in the Pious Deeds booklet and read the books recommended therein. May Allah grant us the ability to act upon this!